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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4448338, member: 833"] It amazes me that in the era of analytics and charting shots and type of shots, that teams still play 1990's style offense like Providence or Georgetown do. The coaches are making it difficult for their teams to win close games. TCU wins by 13 against a Providence team that is probably a little better than TCU because Dixon is an excellent offensive coach and TCU shot 50% from the field and 50% from 3, and PC was 41.5% and 22.2%. TCU didn't shoot better, TCU took better shots. And that is why they won. Georgetown clawed all the way back from I believe a 17 point hole to get to be down 62-61, but even in the comeback, the Hoyas were making very tough shots, and they were going to revert to the mean, which they did. There is a lot that goes into why Providence's shots are so bad. The fact that most of them were pullup jumpers, and most of those contested ones, is a good place to start, but there are other problems with that team's shot selection. It is a longer discussion and probably its own thread if I can find the right article. The basic goal of basketball is to maximize the quality of your shot on every possession while minimizing the quality of your opponent's shot on every possession of theirs. It seems obvious, but when you look at how Providence and Georgetown plays offensively, I don't think they really internalize that concept. [/QUOTE]